Vanderbilt basketball has three chances to avoid first winless road record in 15 years

Vanderbilt head coach Bryce Drew talks to his players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against LSU Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt won 77-71. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)(Photo: The Associated Press)

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The Commodores (9-15, 3-8 SEC) are 9-5 at home and 0-2 in neutral site games.

Vandy has gone winless on road before

Vanderbilt hasn’t gone winless on the road for a season since posting a 0-11 mark in 2002-03.

Granted, that season and this season both featured abbreviated and challenging road schedules. In 2002-03, Vanderbilt lost at Indiana, Michigan and Notre Dame and went 0-8 in SEC road games.

This season, Vanderbilt lost at Belmont and at then-No. 6 Arizona State and has gone 0-6 in SEC road games. But the clock is ticking for the Commodores to snap that losing streak.

Vanderbilt won 72-59 at Arkansas’ Bud Walton Arena last season in Drew’s first trip there. But the Commodores have an all-time record of 3-13 on the Razorbacks’ home floor, and they’ve never won back-to-back games there.

A comparison of Vanderbilt’s home and road stats shows fewer discrepancies than expected, but there are a few glaring differences.

Riley LaChance has the largest gap in performances. He has averaged 15.9 points and shot 47 percent from 3-point range in home games, but then scored only 10.4 points per game and shot 33 percent from 3-point range on the road.

Vanderbilt has outscored opponents by 10.3 points per home game, but it has been outscored by 6.8 points per road game.

There have been some lackluster performances on the road, but the close losses that got away have stung more.